Each time we go, Lizabeth heads down a staircase that leads to a room with two walls covered in pictures from past festivals — eager to revisit the one featuring Mascarelli in a Utah Shakespeare Festival performance of Chekhov’s “The Seagull.”

Now that Lizabeth is in college and we’re both plenty comfortable making our way around the lovely little town that’s home to the festival, we sometimes set out on separate adventures.

Although Lizabeth decided to attend Pace University in NYC, I suppose she’ll carry a bit of her festival experiences on the SUU campus with her as she studies Shakespeare this fall from an English lit perspective.

Thank goodness I’ve got all those photos of road trips to organize and share. I’ll need something to keep me from missing her quite so fiercely until our next road trip.

— Lynn

Note: The current line up for “Utah Shakes” includes “Les Miserables,” “Scapin,” “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” “Mary Stuart” and “Titus Andronicus.” Click here for details.

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Writer. Arts afficionado. Compulsive blogger. Lynn Trimble rocks her writing vibe from a kitchen table in Scottsdale, Arizona — breaking often to explore all sorts of arts and culture. Think dance, music, theater, film, literature and visual arts. Also museums, libraries and other things that strike her fancy.

“Stage Mom Musings” are Lynn’s reflections on the world within and around her. All posit a single premise — everything is art and art is everything. Lynn first mused as “Stage Mom” for Raising Arizona Kids, where you can still enjoy many of her writings today.

Lynn is the proud mom of three grown children whose lives have been enriched by time with art and the folks who create it. Lynn started blogging while daughter Lizabeth was doing her theater thing. Hence the “Stage Mom” handle.

Nowadays Lynn continues to explore the local arts scene – plus arts and culture discovered while traveling to NYC and other parts. Lynn’s musings mix reflections on her own arts experiences, memories of days spent in “Stage Mom” mode, and insights shared by diverse artists of all ages and stages.

“Stage Mom” for Raising Arizona Kids was honored with two 2012 Arizona Press Club awards for non-metro writing – first place for feature blogs and second place for arts criticism. Lynn’s feature writing has earned national and state awards.

Thanks far and wide to folks who read the work — and everyone sharing the wonders of art in their own little pocket of the planet.

Contact: stagemommusings@gmail.com or 480-214-5234

Note: Photo by Christopher Trimble

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